California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed on Wednesday that he is taking legal action against President Trump in response to the broad tariffs the president has instituted, arguing that the measures are causing serious disruption across California’s economy — the biggest of any state in the nation.
Newsom’s lawsuit contends that Trump’s reliance on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify sweeping tariffs on nations like Mexico, Canada, and China — along with a 10% tax on all foreign goods — is an overreach of executive power.

Hong Kong Post announced on Wednesday that it is halting sea mail services for parcels heading to the United States and will soon suspend airmail shipments containing merchandise, citing what it described as unfair trade practices by the U.S.
The agency warned that individuals in Hong Kong sending goods to America should expect to be hit with steep charges as a result of what it called unjustified and aggressive policies. “When sending items to the United States, Hong Kong people ‘should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the U.S.’s unreasonable and bullying acts,’” Hong Kong Post said in a statement.
Shipments that only include paperwork or documents — and not physical products — will continue without interruption.

The southern periphery is quickly catching up to the center: there is an accelerated wave of building and development across the south, particularly in Netivot, which boasts the country’s more expansive building plans. Alongside tens of thousands of housing units already under construction, the government is investing astronomical sums into the area’s growth: from developing a state-of-the-art industrial park, to founding a national hi-tech center, to building a new rail network that will drastically reduce commute times to the center of the country. >> All the details on the meteoric rise of the Torah city of the south below. The air is filled with an intoxicating scent of fresh beginnings, the pounding of hammers, and the rumble of construction vehicles.

RFK JR.: “We’re going to announce a series of new studies to identify precisely what the environment toxins are that are causing [autism]. This has not been done before and we’re going to do it in a thorough and comprehensive way.”

Jews visiting Kever Yosef Hatzadik in Shechem last night. The visit was coordinated by the IDF and held under tight security.

TIME has named Israeli former hostage Noa Argamani one of its 100 Most Influential People of 2025.

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist, one of the perpetrators of a deadly terror shooting attack in the West Bank village of al-Funduq in January, was killed by Israeli forces near Jenin this morning, the military says.

Earlier today, terrorists threw rocks and a bottle of paint toward a tourist bus adjacent to Burqa. As a result, two American citizens were lightly injured and received medical treatment at the scene. A search is ongoing to find the terrorists.

Sec. Doug Burgum transfers administrative jurisdiction over nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the U.S. Army over the next 3 years: “We’re up against a real enemy here. We need to make sure the border is secure.”

Rep. Elisa Stefanik: “Schools are not entitled to U.S. taxpayer dollars if they’re not living up to the standards and not protecting civil rights of Jewish students on campuses.”

President Trump: Harvard is a joke, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds.

MALE, Maldives (AP) — The Maldives has changed its immigration law to bar people from entering the countr

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Exporters at China’s largest trade fair spoke on Wednesda

President Donald Trump made it clear on Tuesday that the next move in trade discussions belongs to China, according to a statement read by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, as Trump intensifies efforts to correct what he sees as long-standing trade imbalances.
Though Leavitt noted that Trump’s stance toward China has already been made plain, she shared an additional comment directly from the president.
“The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have to make a deal with them. There’s no difference between China and any other country, except they are much larger and China wants what we have — what every country wants, what we have: The American consumer,” Leavitt said, quoting Trump.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, remarks that could further complicate talks with Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage release.

The U.S. Mission to the United Nations released a statement Tuesday reaffirming its opposition to Francesca Albanese’s continued role as the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories.
“The United States continues to strongly denounce Francesca Albanese’s tenure as the ‘UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.’ The Human Rights Council’s (HRC) support for Ms. Albanese offers yet another example of why President Trump ordered the United States to cease all participation in the HRC,” the statement said.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, took a firmer stance on Iran’s nuclear ambitions Tuesday, insisting that any forthcoming agreement must require Tehran to completely abandon its nuclear development efforts.
This firm declaration, made in a post on social media, stood in stark contrast to remarks Witkoff delivered just the day before on Fox News. In that earlier interview, he had implied that the United States might tolerate uranium enrichment at the 3.67% level, which is typically used for peaceful energy generation.

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